"What's your name?"
Lin Ze squatted in front of the young man, but he still held the wand in his hand and did not put it down.
The young man tightened his robe tightly, and his lips trembled for a long time before he managed to squeeze out a few hoarse syllables.
"Benjy...Benjy·Fenwick."
Lin Ze frowned.
He had a vague impression of the name, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
"Why are you being held here?"
"I am... a member of Order of the Phoenix." Fenwick's voice was very weak, and he had to take several breaths every time he spoke.
"A month ago, I was ambushed by Death Eaters while patrolling near Hogsmeade. I was brought here when I woke up."
"Wait." Lin Ze interrupted him.
"Are you from Order of the Phoenix?"
Fenwick nodded laboriously.
Lin Ze went through the list of Order of the Phoenix members in his mind, and then finally remembered it.
Members of Benjy·Fenwick, Order of the Phoenix.
In the original timeline, he should have been killed by Death Eaters before Voldemort's first downfall, and only a small part of his body was found.
Unexpectedly, due to his appearance, he actually survived.
Instead, he was kidnapped to an abandoned cannery in France Marseille and kept in a cage as an experimental subject.
Perhaps this is one of the chain reactions that occurred after the little butterfly appeared?
"That Bados, what on earth is he doing here?" Lin Ze asked.
"He is helping Death Eaters research a kind of Potions." Fenwick's voice was very low, and Lin Ze had to get closer to hear it clearly.
"This Potions can force a wizard into an animal form... Those Death Eaters should be using it to gather information."
Fenwick coughed twice, and a trace of blood foam escaped from the corner of his mouth.
"After turning into an animal, almost no one can detect your magic power fluctuations... As long as you are disguised properly, you can easily pass through the warnings of most magic detection spells, unless you are deliberately targeted."
"But... who would deliberately target an animal with a spell..."
Animal?
Lin Ze Suddenly I felt like I had caught something, but I couldn't remember it.
However, this Bados is also very powerful. For ordinary wizards, it takes a lot of time and willpower to master Animagus Transformation, but here he only needs one copy of Potions to complete it.
"Since this period of time, Bados has captured at least dozens of wizards for experiments." Fenwick turned his head with difficulty and looked at the stacked iron cages in the factory.
"It's just that the effect of Potions is too unstable, and most people can't survive it..."
"I've been able to hold on for a long time, but I'm almost exhausted."
He looked down at his hands, which were still trembling slightly.
"If the iron ring hadn't been destroyed, I might... never be able to change back..."
Lin Ze looked at the destroyed metal ring on the ground.
A few faint rays of dark purple light flickered at the break of the iron ring, which was slowly dissipating, and densely packed runes were engraved on it.
"This alchemical creation was also created by Bados?"
"Yes, it can suppress my magic power and prevent me from breaking out of the Animagus state on my own."
When Fenwick said this, he suddenly grabbed Lin Ze's arm and stared at him closely with his bloodshot eyes.
"Bados... He is doing things for Death Eaters, and behind him is..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside the factory.
Lin Ze stood up and pointed the wand in the direction of the sound.
The iron door was pushed open, and Mr Delacour strode in, followed by seven or eight wizards wearing France Auror uniforms.
He paused for a moment when he saw several people lying around in the factory.
Then he saw Fenwick wrapped in Richard's robe, leaning against the mixer, and Lin Ze squatting in front of Fenwick.
"What's going on?"
"Richard is the mole." Lin Ze pointed with his thumb towards Richard, who had been ripped off by him and only the inner lining was left.
"He is a team with Bados. He deliberately led me here, hoping that I would be caught by Bados, and then he would jump out and act like a hero saving the rookie."
Mr Delacour lowered his head and looked at the unconscious wizards on the ground, and his eyes paused on Richard.
"Richard has been following me for five years, why would he do this?"
Mr Delacour's tone was very heavy, obviously he couldn't believe it.
Lin Ze spread his hands. "Maybe he was Imperius Curse, or maybe he is just a simple bad guy... Who knows?"
Lin Ze also saw that Delacour valued Richard, so he simply did not add his own subjective consciousness to him, but let him find the answer on his own.
Mr Delacour was silent for a moment, and then waved his hand to Auror behind him. "Take all these people away, Richard, and put them in solitary confinement, and send the others to St. Marseille Hospital. Remember to imprison them well, and treat their injuries first before interrogating them."
Auror behind him stepped forward in response, lifted up the people on the ground and walked out.
When a young Auror was carrying one of the black-robed wizards who was knocked unconscious by Lin Ze, he noticed several dried animal carcasses lying on the iron table next to him. His face turned green on the spot, he turned his head and retched twice.
"Sorry... the smell is too strong..."
"It's okay, just keep vomiting." Lin Ze said considerately.
Mr Delacour walked up to Fenwick, looked down at the frail young man, and then turned to Lin Ze.
"Who is this?"
"Benjy·Fenwick, Britain person, Order of the Phoenix member."
Lin Ze briefly introduced the identity of Fenwick and how he was kidnapped.
Hearing "Order of the Phoenix" Mr Delacour's expression changed.
He didn't say much, he just squatted down to check Fenwick's injuries personally, and then had people carry him away.
St. Marseille Hospital.
St. Marseille Hospital is similar to St. Mungo's over at Britain. They are both medical institutions that specialize in treating magical injuries and illnesses.
At this time, Lin Ze was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed. The wounds on his body had been treated and several rounds of bandages were wrapped around him.
St. Marseille's doctor said that fortunately Lin Ze used Essence of Dittany to treat the wound in time, otherwise he would have left a lot of scars on his body.
This is very important for Lin Ze who always "pays attention" to the condition of his skin.
Well, very important!
Mr Delacour stood by the window, clutching the cane that never left his body.
He stared out the window in the direction of Old Port of Marseille without saying a word.
Lin Ze looked at Delacour's back and said, If you don't speak, then I won't either.
Until Mr Delacour took a deep breath and turned around.
There was a rare hint of fatigue on the face that was usually stern.
"Richard has been following me for five years."
His voice was low, as if he was talking to himself.
"When he just graduated from Beauxbatons, I personally selected him from the Auror training camp."
"I was still at Auror Office at that time, and he... was considered half of my apprentice..."
"I originally planned to recommend him to International Auror Joint Operations Group in two years."
"But this guy..."
Lin Ze Don't know what to say.
Comforting people has never been his strong point.
What he is better at is digging holes for others to jump into, or digging a deeper hole next to the hole dug by others.
Facing the somewhat sad old man in front of him, his vocabulary library was seriously lacking.